December 2010

Fictions of Nature

Bill Moore produces giant bronze sculptures that place insects, fish, and birds in fantasy situations that are not consistent with their natural behavior. His sculptures activate the creative imagination of his audience, asking them to develop their own fictional narratives to accompany his naturalistic fantasies. Moore’s interests, however, are not solely confined to the organic. In Fictions of Nature his nature sculptures are placed alongside his precise industrial pieces. What is finally presented is an intriguing contrast of the natural and industrial, which navigates the liminal space between organism and object, fact and fiction.

Visit Moore’s website at www.mooresculpture.com.